A strong earthquake shook Greece and Turkey

Residents of the Greek island of Samos, which has a population of around 45.000, have been advised to stay away from coastal areas

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An earthquake measuring 7 degrees on the Richter scale hit the Aegean Sea and was felt in both Turkey and Greece, local and international observatories said.

People took to the streets in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir after the earthquake, witnesses said.

Footage from Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber shows a collapsed building in central Izmir.

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency said the earthquake's magnitude was 6,6, while the US Geological Survey said it was 7 on the Richter scale.

The earthquake was around 12.50:XNUMX p.m., and was felt along the Turkish Aegean coast and the northwestern Marmara region, the media reports.

The epicenter was about 17 km from the coast of Izmir province, at a depth of 16 km, Reuters reports.

The US Geological Survey said that the depth was 10 km, and that the epicenter was 33,5 km from the Turkish coast.

Residents of the Greek island of Samos, which has a population of about 45.000, were advised to stay away from coastal areas.

"It was a very big earthquake, it's hard to have a bigger one," Eftihmios Lekas, head of Greece's anti-seismic planning organization, told Greece's Skai TV.

The governor of Istanbul, Ali Jerlikaya, where the earthquake was also felt, said there were no negative reports.

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